Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 8
Gender: Male
Age at election: 49
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 1/14/1861
City: Fall River, MA
County: Bristol County, MA
Country: US
Death
Date: 6/7/1931
City: Bessemer, MI
County: Gogebic County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date:
City: Bessemer, MI
County: Gogebic County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Hillcrest Cemetery
Marital Information:
single
Number of Children: 0
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: blacksmith
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
educated in the common schools of Greenland, Ontonagon County, MI
Biographical Sketch:
Of Irish parentage. Son of Jeremiah and Margaret Mary (Sullivan) Holland.The eldest of 6 children and at the age of 12, because it became necessary for him to help support the family, he went to work as "head tender" in the stamp mill of the Old Ridge copper mine. Later he started in the general blacksmithing business at Bessemer and continued in that occupation for 28 years. After engaging in the grocery and real estate business for several years he was appointed superintendent of the city water department. He served as postmaster, a township supervisor for 1 term and appointed undersheriff in 1906.. In 1906, he was elected mayor of Bessemer by the largest majority ever given a mayor of that city up to that time. He was twice re-elected to that office.
Notable Facts:
Elected to the legislature in 1911-1912, as a Democrat and re-elected in 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, as a Republican. He was re-elected November 2, 1926, without opposition.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Labor , State Normal College , Supplies and Expenditures , Village Corporations
City of Residence: Bessemer
County of Residence Gogebic
District Description: Gogebic County
Reason for Leaving Office: Unknown
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of Supplies and Expenditures; Village Corporations.
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Boys' Vocational School, Elections , Village Corporations
City of Residence: Bessemer
County of Residence Gogebic
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Boys' Vocational School
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Elections , Elections , Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind , Michigan School for the Blind
City of Residence: Bessemer
County of Residence Gogebic
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Elections
Committees Served On: Industrial School for Boys , Labor , Michigan School for the Deaf , Railroads
City of Residence: Bessemer
County of Residence Gogebic
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Elections , State Industrial Home for Girls , Railroads , State Sanatorium
City of Residence: Bessemer
County of Residence Gogebic
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Apportionment , General Taxation , Kalamazoo State Hospital , Michigan School for the Deaf
City of Residence: Bessemer
County of Residence Gogebic
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Education , Northern State Normal School , Public Lands & Forestry Interests
City of Residence: Bessemer
County of Residence Gogebic
District Description: Gogebic County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Education , Northern State Normal School , Public Lands & Forestry Interests , Upper Peninsula Hospital for Insane
City of Residence: Bessemer
County of Residence Gogebic
Date Left Office: 1/1/1753
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Manual 1913 p.749; Manual 1929 p.697; Manual 1927 p.651; Manual 1925, p.604; Manual 1923 p.741; Manual 1919 p.817; Michiganology; USCen 1910, 1930; Find-a-Grave.com
